32 men in the lead
We have already covered almost 70 kilometers in this 15th stage. A little more than 120 (and the four listed difficulties) remain for the 30 leading riders, who managed to escape with the consent of the peloton. They are now more than eight minutes ahead.
The 32 escaped (by order of the general):
Aurélien Paret Painter (AG2R-Citroen), 13th over 24 minutes.
David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ)
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
Sergio Luis Henao (Qhubeka-NextHash)
Wouter Poels (Bahrain Victorious)
Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorious)
Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-Nippo)
Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos-Grenadiers)
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation)
Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo)
Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma)
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step)
Ion Izaguirre (Astana-Premier Tech)
Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels-KTM)
Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo)
Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ)
Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo)
Neilson Powless (EF Education-Nippo)
Pierre Latour (Total Energies)
Dylan Van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers)
Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation)
Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ)
Michael Matthews (BikeExchange)
Ruben Fernandez (Cofidis)
Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
Lukas Postlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe)
Davide Ballerini (Deceuninck-Quick-Step)